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Minimum entry requirements (MER) are a common element of law firm application forms, as well as many other corporate and commercial job forms. Whilst most employers will review applications holistically it has to be emphasised that MERs are there for…

UK Prime Minister, Theresa May has announced plans to call an early general election on 8 June 2017. Despite repeated statements that she would not call an election before the next scheduled poll in 2020, May has justified the decision…

Annual inflation rose above the Bank of England’s (BoE) forecast for the first time since 2013, hitting 2.3 per cent in February. Consumer prices rose by 0.7 per cent, compared to an expected 0.5 per cent rise, marking the fastest…

Paula Vennells, chief executive of The Post Office, has said in an interview with the Financial Times that the company is on the verge of breaking even for the first time in 15 years. The Post Office has remained in…

Tax barrister and campaigner Jolyon Maugham QC has delivered a ‘letter before action’ to Uber’s London headquarters as a formal precursor to launching legal proceedings in the High Court next month. Mr Maugham is director of the Good Law Project,…

Goldman Sachs plans to move hundreds of employees out of its London offices before any Brexit deal is agreed. This is part of its contingency plans for Britain leaving the EU, said Richard Gnodde, the CEO of Goldman Sachs International.…

The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has upgraded its UK growth forecast for 2017 from 1.2 per cent, which was predicted in November, to 1.6 per cent. Factors which were taken in to account included the Bank of…

Business leaders have suggested that Brexit should be delayed until a proper trade deal is struck between the UK and the EU. If completion of such a deal does not happen within the two years prescribed under Article 50, the UK should seek…

Earlier this month, international law firm Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) announced its decision to commence training contracts in its Manchester office. BLP is an award-winning, leading international law firm, headquartered in London, with 14 other offices across Asia, Europe and…

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